Silver mounted badek for coments

fernando · 26th April 2008, 12:20 AM

Does it help (or complicates) to show this example ?
... Both for the silver decoration, that looks partly a similar work to my ignorant eyes, as also for the blade, that somehow reminds me the one show by Alan in post #17 ... naturally influenced by the date marking attitude.
Most probably you already knew this specimen, shown here.
http://old.blades.free.fr/daggers/badik/bad03/bad03.htm
Fernando

kai · 26th April 2008, 10:59 PM

Hello Fernando,

The blades of Alan's and Dominque's badik are made from Dutch VOC swords - possibly the blades of broken colonial swords got recycled and given a 2nd life while your nice piece has a Javanese pamor blade.

Regards,
Kai

fernando · 27th April 2008, 12:14 AM

Hi Kai,
I understand that, although my intention was to remark an eventual familiarity between those blades, this has nothing in common with my example, which is of local production.
I have registered this piece of mine as being from the Sulawesi island; should i change it to Jawa, or is this an indiferent situation ?
Thanks.
Fernando

26th April 2008, 12:20 AM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Does it help (or complicates) to show this example ? ... Both for the silver decoration, that looks partly a similar work to my ignorant eyes, as also for the blade, that somehow reminds me the one show by Alan in post #17 ... naturally influenced by the date marking attitude. Most probably you already knew this specimen, shown here. http://old.blades.free.fr/daggers/badik/bad03/bad03.htm Fernando Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 26th April 2008 at 01:43 PM.

26th April 2008, 10:59 PM	#2
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Fernando, The blades of Alan's and Dominque's badik are made from Dutch VOC swords - possibly the blades of broken colonial swords got recycled and given a 2nd life while your nice piece has a Javanese pamor blade. Regards, Kai

27th April 2008, 12:14 AM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Hi Kai, I understand that, although my intention was to remark an eventual familiarity between those blades, this has nothing in common with my example, which is of local production. I have registered this piece of mine as being from the Sulawesi island; should i change it to Jawa, or is this an indiferent situation ? Thanks. Fernando